The lottery, by and large, is a tax for people that are bad in math.
You've got a better chance of getting struck by lightning while simultaneously dying in an earthquake and drive-by shooting rather than winning the lottery. No amount of positive thinking is going to influence the cold meathook reality of probability.
If one applied as much zeal as the opening post speaks of trying to accrue that kind of money through their own efforts then they'd be orders of magnitude more likely to see the desire for such a fortune manifest. That takes hard work, research, and dedication - not improbably dumb luck.
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